(Clariant) -- Under the motto ⌠Think Global. Go Local, Clariant demonstrates the importance of Spain in its worldwide operations as it showcases latest product highlights and manufacturing support offered by its four Spanish sites at Expoquimia 2011.
Spain is Clariant's second largest production site in Europe. The specialty chemicals expert employs more than 650 people across its Spanish locations which encompass production, R&D, technology support, marketing and regional logistic facilities. Products produced at the plants in El Prat de Llobregat, Castellbisbal, Tarragona, and Sant Andreu are used in a wide variety of industries in Spain and around the world, including textile, paper, leather, personal care, automotive, packaging, medical and pharmaceutical.
Clariant has made Spain the home of its European Center of Production for its Business Unit Paper Specialties (El Prat), and the European Center of the Business Unit Industrial and Consumer Specialties (Tarragona).
Perspectives of development of polymer markets, pricing issues and other important aspects will be discussed at The Polymers Summit-2011, which will be held in Moscow on November 30, 2011 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. The Summit will be organized by MRC with the support of ICIS. The main idea of the Summit is to find a "the golden mean" between producers and converters. When producers receive exactly such margin of production, which helps them to invest in production expansion in order to substitute polymers imports, and the converters receive such price of feedstock that helps them to compete imported finished products. The Summit site gives an access to the live video of the Summit, speakers" presentations, as well as opportunities to ask questions or make appointments to any Summit partcipant.